I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

May 05, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 23, 92, 114
Jeremiah 31:23-25
Colossians 3:12-17
Luke 7:18-35

II. Selections
Psalm 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.

Jeremiah 31:25
I will satisfy the weary,
and all who are faint I will replenish.

Colossians 3:13
Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Luke 7:22
And [ Jesus] answered [ John's disciples], "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them. ... "

III. Meditation: What we have seen and heard

It should not be difficult for us to help one another,
for you have helped us: nurture and protection;
healing, rest, strength; justice and forgiveness.
In response we must bear with one another
and bear no grudges against one another.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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